Update nodeJS dependencies to mitigate known vulnerabilities if possible

[btlogy]

Working on #171, I've come across this logs:

added 2348 packages, and audited 2349 packages in 24s
 
272 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details
 
39 vulnerabilities (18 moderate, 19 high, 2 critical)
 
To address issues that do not require attention, run:
  npm audit fix

In addition, should we not consider updating the base image from node:16-alpine to something more recent?